Chapter 500

The visitor to the Magic Tower was a man with radiant, lustrous silver hair; he possessed a pair of sanpaku eyes that seemed to intimidate opponents, with golden pupils at their center.

His entire body exuded a majestic aura, like a king making an incognito inspection who could still be recognized for who he was.

"My husband is a friend of Mr. Orsted; this Magic Tower was lent to my husband for use by Mr. Orsted."

At first glance, Roxy could tell the silver-haired man before her definitely had an unusual relationship with Orsted, because their eyes and attire were really quite similar.

"Orsted has friends too?"

The dignified man showed a surprised expression, but immediately returned to normal.

"Then where is Orsted now?"

"That I don't know."

Roxy shook her head; after recovering her loop memories, she had only seen Orsted once, when she came to Buena Village.

Afterward, Orsted left Buena Village; Roxy could vaguely detect that he was avoiding the curse causing her trouble.

As for where Orsted was going, Orsted didn't say, and Roxy couldn't possibly ask.

"May I ask who you are, and do you have business with Orsted?"

Roxy inquired.

"I am Perugius; I indeed have business with Orsted."

"What business? Perhaps when my husband returns, he can pass on a message for you."

"Forget it; I don't intend to tell a demon race about my business with Orsted."

Perugius moved his lips and spoke these words; his attitude could let any discerning person see he was somewhat unfriendly toward the demon race.

Of course, because the demon race before him claimed her husband was Orsted's friend, it didn't make this Armor Dragon King utter any abusive language, merely a very cold attitude.

"Alright then; will you wait here for my husband to return? My husband is not a demon race."

Perugius's name made Roxy feel a sense of familiarity, but she didn't think much of it, only believing someone acquainted with Dragon God Orsted definitely wouldn't be ordinary; perhaps she had heard his name somewhere, and she asked about his plans — if the guest before her intended to stay in the Magic Tower and wait, she could host him, like having water elementals brew hot tea and serve roasted biscuits.

"Rude demon race; this Magic Tower was personally built by Lord Perugius — your current words treat Lord Perugius like an outside guest."

A blond man wearing proper white clothes and a cat-faced mask stepped forward directly and glared at Roxy.

"Snap—"

Roxy was somewhat startled by this inexplicable hostility, but seeing slime-like water elementals bouncing down from upstairs and gathering before the three visitors who had arrived, her complexion changed.

"Bad; the tower's water elemental guard mode has been activated; quickly restrain your hostility, or you'll be treated as an intruder and counterattacked."

"Hmph; mere elemental familiars — can they even touch the hem of my Almandy's clothes?"

The cat-faced mask man didn't care at all.

"Multiple elemental familiars combining to construct a new, stronger elemental familiar? Interesting."

Roxy looked toward the silver-haired man, but Perugius didn't care about the impending counterattack either; instead he let his own Spirit Apostle, the radiant Almandy, play with these strange water elementals.

"Since it is Lord Perugius's command, then..."

Almandy drew the dagger at his waist and looked at the large water elemental that had formed before him.

"Gurgle gurgle—"

The large water elemental emitted a bubble-blowing sound, like a final warning.

The next moment, a white light flashed.

The large water elemental's body was sliced into dozens of segments by slashes so fast they were nearly invisible.

"Hmph; in the end, merely low-level elemental familiars."

Just as Almandy coolly sheathed his dagger, Roxy spoke up in warning.

"Hey, careful!"

Although this guest had shown her hostility very impolitely, Roxy still worried he might be killed by the water elementals now fully in guard mode.

"What?!"

Almandy, turning back, saw the fallen water elemental parts displaying magic circle patterns; streams of water blades shot toward him.

His figure was extremely fast, dodging left and right, but he was still grazed — the cloth of his left shoulder was torn away.

One could imagine; if not for Roxy's warning, those breathless high-speed water blades might have inflicted fatal injuries on him.

"After being severed, each body part can still cast independently? An exquisitely intricate design. And the speed and power of those water blades — is this an improved Water Blade Art?

However, it should consume considerable magic power, yet judging by their still rapid movement, has this Magic Tower's magic power supply been linked with that water elemental familiar?"

Perugius is a Spirit User, also skilled in summoning arts; from mere details he discerned the water elemental's situation.

Roxy looked at him with some surprise; she had improved the current water elementals, investing no small amount of time and effort.

Almandy was chased and slashed at by water blades flying everywhere, but after nearly suffering from carelessness at the start, he steadied; Intermediate Magic Water Blade Art, even with somewhat greater numbers, could hardly affect him with Sword King strength.

"Does that thing have any other tricks?"

Perugius spoke up to ask; if it was merely hard to destroy and only used multiple water blades, there was no need to continue this game.

"It does, but it's very dangerous; safety testing hasn't been done much yet. If you have your man stop now, there's still a chance to avoid triggering the mimicry mode."

Roxy persuaded.

"No need; Almandy, increase attack intensity."

Perugius merely ordered his subordinate to press the attack.

"Yes, Lord Perugius."

Almandy acknowledged and accelerated his slashing speed; white streaks flashed, cutting the water elemental into even finer pieces, no longer able to release Water Blade Art.

Until chill air rose and the water elemental recombined, Almandy stopped slashing, standing quietly watching the water elemental rapidly freeze.

"Crack—"

The surface ice layer shattered; a not-large Ice Swordsman stepped out from within the water elemental's frozen body.

Upon emerging, it assumed a third-rate swordsmanship stance toward Almandy — and this thing mimicked was Broly himself.

Although restricted by the elemental body's material and unable to perfectly inherit Broly's third-rate swordsmanship, it still possessed a level of three or four parts out of ten.

Almanfi had just barely blocked the Ice Swordsman's Sword God style 【Light Blade】 attack when her abdomen was pierced through by the second blade of the North God style, an eerie ice thorn sword that suddenly stabbed out from the Ice Swordsman's chest.

"You, despicable~"

Almanfi hurriedly retreated, jumping back.

"Don't move, I'll control it right now."

Roxy hurriedly warned, then prepared to use the Magic Tower's control magic circle patterns to obtain the Ice Swordsman's manipulation permit.

Originally things could have ended there, but Almanfi did not listen to Roxy's words.

Before the Ice Swordsman who had already unleashed the Water God style secret art 【Deprivation Sword Domain】, she attempted to move at high speed to conduct a counterattack.

Then there was no then; the Light Spirit Almanfi flew into the fire like a moth, and was slashed into two halves by the mimetic element that had deployed the Deprivation Sword Domain territory, using a long sword.

"I told you not to move."

Roxy had a bit of a headache; beside her was a somewhat stunned Perugius. This Dragon King had completely not expected that his own spirit, which had originally been pressing the opponent's water element in a fight, would be instantly killed the moment the opponent's water element transformed phases into an ice element.

The fallen spirit's body quickly turned into white light and disappeared on the spot.

"Wait, that's your familiar?"

Roxy froze, hurriedly asking.

"Mm."

Seeing the Ice Swordsman turn toward him, Perugius had a bad premonition, no longer maintaining his cool posture, nodding to give an affirmative answer.

"Trouble, its lock-on effect, I failed to cancel."

"What will happen?"

"It now treats you as an intruder."

An earth wall was released by Roxy; the demon girl turned her head and shouted at Perugius: "Hurry up and go, it's going to attack you."

Booming sounds came from the earth wall side; in just two strikes, the earth wall Roxy released showed crack after crack.

"Lord Perugius."

Shivalier hurriedly stepped forward; Perugius, this Dragon King, also did not hesitate, hurriedly retreating quickly from inside the Magic Tower.

At this time there was no need to talk about bearing; after all, that ice element truly had the possibility of killing him. If he just died like that, it would be too absurd, too ridiculous.

Just as Perugius, leaving the Magic Tower, felt he was safe, the Ice Swordsman chased out, rushing directly toward the direction Perugius stood.

Only halfway through the charge it paused; it was Roxy using magic instructions to snatch the Ice Swordsman's control permit, but conflicting with the magic instruction permit originally engraved in its body, causing this Ice Swordsman to experience a lag.

"Why are you still here, hurry up and go!"

"This familiar can still run out?"

"In counterattack mode, it has no set activity range; as long as it has magic power, it can move everywhere."

Perugius: "..."

"Shivalier, notify the others, have them come down to support; I'll use barrier magic to trap the opponent now."

The Dragon King calmly issued orders; he had not forgotten he was a Barrier Master. Barrier magic was used, the Ice Swordsman was imprisoned, but before Perugius could cast higher-level barrier magic, the Ice Swordsman, because Roxy's magic instruction was interrupted, began to continue executing the body's original guard and eliminate foreign intruders magic instructions.

The Sword God style's swordsmanship, under magic power's conversion output, had astonishing might; with just one sword, it slashed apart the surrounding barriers.

Shivalier, who had just contacted the Aerial Fortress, did not dare block; after all, Almanfi had been instantly killed by that thing. She just hugged her master from behind, then flapped her wings and flew toward the distance.

The Ice Swordsman pursued relentlessly from behind; Roxy wanted to follow up and apply instruction interference, but because her body speed was insufficient she was left behind, letting the Ice Swordsman break free from the magic instruction's casting range.

Roxy's scalp felt a bit numb; if a guest visiting Orsted at home was killed by her own elemental familiar, things would be very bad.

Had she known earlier, she would not have engraved the latest version, not having undergone many safety tests, magic circle patterns on the home's water element.

But things having come to this, what else could Roxy say? After all, she also could not have predicted that someone would actually generate hostility toward themselves inside the Magic Tower, thereby triggering the water element's guard counterattack instruction.

"I have to notify Broly."

Roxy released a fireworks magic toward the sky, then continued chasing in the direction the Ice Swordsman ran off to.

"Lord Perugius is in danger, that demon!"

On the Aerial Fortress stalled at high altitude, Almanfi, newly revived in the Magic Power Spring, changed expression upon receiving Shivalier's magic transmission.

Including him who had just revived, the eleven Spirit Apostles on the Aerial Fortress side together went down to the ground, rushing toward Perugius's direction.

"Eh, what's that commotion?"

Elly, who was at the riverside catching fish barehanded, raised her head and asked.

"Seems like Roxy-nee's magic."

Sylphy, holding a fishing rod, answered.

Broly, sitting beside them roasting the fish the two had caught, frowned and extended his ki toward the Magic Tower's direction to sense.

Then, he discovered Roxy had already left the Magic Tower, currently moving toward the south side's direction.

And in the even further south direction, there were some existences with not-low ki, rapidly approaching.

"Something might have happened; you two continue catching fish, I'll go check the situation."

Broly stood up and said.

"Bring Roxy-sensei along later, let's eat roasted fish together."

Elly hurriedly said.

"Okay."

Broly answered, then flew toward the direction he sensed Roxy's ki.

"Damn demon, receive death!"

Just arriving at Roxy's location, Broly saw a guy wearing a cat-face mask, holding a dagger at extreme speed, pouncing toward his own wife.

On the other side, over a dozen guys with formidable auras were besieging his own water-element familiar that had transformed into ice form.

In just an instant, Broly daydreamed many things; like his home being ambushed, a group of ferocious villains planning to kill his own wife.

Thinking it over, this was unacceptable; the aura around Broly instantly shifted from a calm state into a raging tempest.

"Stop, Almanfi."

When Perugius saw his own Shining Apostle lunging straight at the demon girl, he knew the other party had definitely misunderstood something, and although he hated demons, he could also distinguish that the demon girl had just been helping him, so he immediately shouted out.

Only his shout was a bit late; in the next instant, the Shining Spirit Almanfi was torn into fragments by the Madness Sword Qi Broly casually swung out.

"Ah, Broly, stop quickly."

It was Roxy who shouted in a more timely manner; before Broly could finish off Perugius, her voice reached the Saiyan boy's ears, making him halt.

But the barrier in front of Perugius was still torn apart, the oncoming terrifying wind pressure leaving this Armor Dragon King's face in a deformed state, his hair blown backward, unable to open his eyes at all.

Once the wind pressure passed, the Spirit Apostles besieging the Ice Swordsman in the field had already been mostly torn to shreds.

Fortunately, aside from Shivalier, they were all high-ranking spirits, belonging to magic power creatures.

And Shivalier, as an assist-type caster, had not stepped forward to join the siege on the Ice Swordsman, so she wasn't finished off by Broly in the first instant.

"What's going on?"

Broly turned his head to look at Roxy.

"They are customers here to see Orsted, they accidentally triggered the Water Elemental's guardian counterattack instruction, the Water Elemental rampaged a bit, I can't control it."

Roxy hurriedly explained.

Broly casually shattered the Ice Swordsman that rushed over intending to attack Perugius, followed up with an Energy Bullet, and ended the Ice Swordsman's activity of trying to condense again.

Perugius watched from the side, his eyelids twitching; at least an Emperor Rank familiar, just solved like that.

The Armor Dragon King looked at the other side, at his own spirits mostly dead and wounded, and suddenly had the illusion of returning to four hundred years ago, battling Demon God Laplace.

No, the guy before his eyes is an existence even more dangerous, even more powerful than Demon God Laplace.

At least, even the Demon God Laplace of that year didn't instant-kill most of his spirits in such a short time (the blink of an eye).

(Chapter End)